Happy to sign the following important letter, partly initiated by my friend Dr. Rodrigo Acuña: Sydney, 24 November 2019 We express our deep concerns about human rights violations taking place in Chile, including the de facto war that billionaire President Sebastian Piñera has unleashed on his people. On 18 October, Chilean students took to the streets to protest…
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Talking serious drug reform at the Melbourne Town Hall
During my recent Australian tour for my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, the biggest event, organised by Drug Policy Australia, was held at the Melbourne Town Hall in front of 700 people. Alongside star panelists Fiona Patten, Mick Palmer, Laura Turner, Greg Barns and Tania de Jong, and host…
US morning TV show Rising talking about the global drug war
My book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, is out in the US this week. I was interviewed yesterday by a popular morning US TV show, Rising, part of The Hill media network, about the book, my research and calls to legalise and regulate all drugs:
ABC Adelaide interview on Pills, Powder and Smoke
I was interviewed this week by ABC Adelaide with host Peter Goers about my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. My interview starts at 1:36:54.
Clinton collusion in Haiti crisis
A key theme of my Disaster Capitalism film and book is the ongoing economic, political and social crisis in Haiti. Hillary and Bill Clinton, along with their Clinton Foundation, bear deep responsibility for these problems, an issue I examine in both the film and book. The Guardian Long Read just published a fine report by…
The Australian newspaper positively reviews Pills, Powder and Smoke
A review by writer Simon Caterson in the Australian newspaper last weekend of my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs:
Let’s establish a Ministry of Happiness
My story in today’s Canberra Times: Australia is facing an epidemic of loneliness, depression and suicide. These problems aren’t being solved by usual medicines or policies. What if federal, state and territory governments established a Ministry of Happiness to investigate the causes and find rational, achievable and funded solutions that looked beyond the typical remedies…
Disaster Capitalism film now streaming on multiple, global platforms
My 2018 documentary, Disaster Capitalism, on people, companies and governments making money from misery in Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, Haiti and the US, is available to stream on multiple, global platforms. The film is directed by Thor Neureiter, produced by Media Stockade and written/produced by me. Watch the film on Amazon Prime in the US, Australia,…
The Saturday Paper praises Pills, Powder and Smoke
One of Australia’s major weekend newspapers, The Saturday Paper, reviews my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, in a piece by Louise Swinn: While our government, under the guise of “compassionate conservatism”, announces plans to drug-test welfare recipients, journalist Antony Loewenstein brings us Pills, Powder, and Smoke, the result…
Kirkus Review gives Pills, Powder and Smoke strong send-off
My new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, is released in the US this November. It recently received a strong review in the large Publisher’s Weekly and now another US reviewing bible, Kirkus Review, has written (mostly) positively about the title: A critique of the war on drugs, which, by…